Rowan Atkinson's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Mr. Bean (UK) Mr. Bean Black Adder (UK) Edmund Lord Blacka… Edmund the … Capt.Edmund… A Bit of Fry & Laurie (UK) Rowan Atkin… Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (UK) Mr. Bean The Thin Blue Line (UK) Insp. Raymo… Not the Nine O'Clock News (UK) Various Roles Wogan (UK) Rowan Atkin…

Main Movie Roles 2007 - Mr. Bean's Holiday 2005 - Keeping Mum 2003 - Johnny English 2003 - Love Actually 2002 - Scooby-Doo 2001 - Rat Race 2000 - Maybe Baby 1999 - Blackadder Back & Forth 1997 - Bean 1994 - Four Weddings And A Funeral 1994 - The Lion King 1993 - Hot Shots! Part Deux 1990 - The Witches 1989 - The Tall Guy 1988 - The Appointments Of Dennis Jennings 1983 - Never Say Never Again 1983 - Dead on Time

BIOGRAPHY:

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson was born on the 6th January, 1955, in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, to Ella May and Eric Atkinson. His father owned a farm where he grew up with his two older brothers, Rupert and Rodney. He attended Newcastle University and Oxford University where he earned degrees in electrical engineering. During that time, he met screenwriter Richard Curtis (I), with whom he wrote and performed comedy revues.

Later, he co-wrote and appeared in "Not the Nine O'Clock News" (1979), which was a huge success and spawned several best-selling books. It won an International Emmy Award and the British Academy Award for "Best Light Entertainment Programme of 1980." He won the "British Academy Award" and was named "BBC Personality of the Year" for his performing on "Not the Nine O'Clock News" (1979).

Atkinson also appeared in several movies, including Dead on Time (1983), Pleasure at Her Majesty's (1976) (TV) (aka "Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe"), Never Say Never Again (1983), and The Tall Guy (1989). He played "Mr. Bean" in the TV series, "Mr. Bean" (1990) but, apart from that and "Not the Nine O'Clock News" (1979), he also appeared in several other series like "The Black Adder" (1983) and "Funny Business" (1992), etc.

Atkinson enjoys nothing better than fast cars. He has been married to Sunetra Sastry since 1990, and they have two children, named Benjamin and Lily.


TRIVIA:

• He was one of the guests at 'Prince Charles' (qv)' and 'Camilla Parker-Bowles' (qv)' wedding.
• Education: Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK (electrical engineering); Oxford University, Oxford, UK (electrical engineering)
• Owns various fast cars (Aston Martin Vantages, etc.).
• Races (and also crashes) his Aston Martins in the Aston Martins Owners club series.
• Has two children with 'Sunetra Sastry' (qv): Lily and Benjamin.
• Has publicly opposed the British Labour government's plans to introduce new legislation on incitement to religious hatred, arguing that it would undermine free speech and thought (even citing the possible development of mind-reading technology), and that such measures would make political satire - which he considers seminal in a democracy - unworkable.
• Rides go-karts round his tennis courts and, according to 'Stephen Fry (I)' (qv) (his best man), "hasn't got an ounce of showbiz in him".
• Owns a Aston Martin DB7 Vantage, which he used in the film "Johnny English" (2003).